FORUM NEWS
DEP weighs mine water for fracking
State environmental officials want to give Marcellus Shale drillers an incentive to use mine water in drilling operations. 
3 Industries Thriving From Record-Low Natural Gas Prices
Low natural gas prices aren't bad for everyone. A few other industries are seeing enormous boosts with cheap, readily available natural gas.
Northwest Savings Bank launches shale website
Northwest Savings Bank has launched a new site to help navigate the Marcellus and Utica shale plays.
Don't Frack Me Up: Correcting Misinformation On Hydraulic Fracturing
Forbes sets the record straight with facts about fracking, not playing on emotion like many of the frac-tivists do.
Susquehanna River Basin panel to reconsider water permits
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will reconsider more than 20 water permits it approved for Marcellus Shale gas drillers.
DEP has new guidelines for oil and gas drilling
The Department of Environmental Protection announced new guidelines on Friday preventing certain oil and gas drilling projects, including those near high-value streams, from receiving an expedited permit review.
Ethane cracker creates plastic possibilities
The forces that once shaped western Pennsylvania into a world capital in the steel industry could remake the region into a significant supplier of plastic.
Federal, state agencies still sparring over shale
John R. Hanger, fomer PA DEP Secretary, said the EPA's understanding of a local well water contamination issue "rudimentary," further straining relations between state and federal regulators regarding the Marcellus Shale.
